Attitudes are Easy and Chaste, plate two from Love, Maurice Denis, 1898, Art Institute of Chicago: P
Attitudes are Easy and Chaste, plate two from Love, Maurice Denis, 1898, Art Institute of Chicago: Prints and DrawingsThese 12 prints come from Love, a series of color lithographs that form a disjointed narrative about a woman who experiences love, although it is unclear if she is falling in love with a man, nature, or her faith. Each soft and dreamlike image is paired with a caption of fragmented poetry that serves as its title, but these phrases do not directly describe their corresponding images. Maurice Denis, who was also a writer, crafted these puzzling yet evocative captions to add layers of meaning through the interplay of text and image. John H. Wrenn Memorial CollectionSize: 395 × 275 mm (image); 529 × 407 mm (sheet)Medium: Lithograph in yellow, blue, brown, green, and pink on light ivory wove paperhttps://www.artic.edu/artworks/117210/ -- source link
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